![]() So, casting Kristen Kurek was a bad move off the bat. The moment he tells Chun-Li that killing her father may have been a big deal for her, but “for me, it was Tuesday” is terrific and far more fun than this movie deserves.Īmazingly, the movie got a spin-off focused on the popular heroine, a top Chinese agent. The only saving grace is Raul Julia, in his final performance as villain M. Jean-Claude Van Damme is miscast as hero Guile amid bad dialogue and poor fighting. It was basically a live-action GI Joe film, only not as fun, trying too hard to push so many characters together. A huge box office flop that its own stars have bad-mouthed over the years, it’s a go-to reason video game fans are wary of movie adaptations.įans of the smash hit fighting games had no idea what they were about to get with the 1994 movie. Then there was Dennis Hopper as Bowser and a bizarre other-dimensional adventure with stupid action sets, bad music, strange turns and more. Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo (neither remotely Italian) cast as Mario and Luigi set the weird tone. When it comes to epic video game movie adaptations, few can top this 1993 entry. With Five Nights at Freddy’s coming out to poor reviews but good buzz from fans, here’s a look at the worst and best video game movie adaptations to see where it may fall in the future. They get the spirit of the game, make the right choices in cast and storyline and the action can fit too. So it’s more impressive when a video game makes it work right. Some are just so-so (such as Rampage, Assassin’s Creed, Hitman), but the worst are truly awful. Whether it’s the casting, story telling, or both, many of these movies are disasters. Yet, the legacy of bad video game movies is pretty long. One would think that video games are the perfect medium to adapt. It seems odd that video game movie adaptations struggle getting it right time and time again. ![]()
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